Recent content by SecretSquirrel83

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    Where to start

    Yea, I've got the point of the antenna tilted to point just above the tree line. That's the only way I could really get anything at all.
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    Where to start

    I would like to go higher, but without a longer pipe for the tripod, or a tower, I'm as high as I am gonna go right now. If I drop the antenna point signal drops off drastically, and since I'm looking up hill in all directions pretty much, not sure how much I'm gonna gain by getting higher.
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    Where to start

    Yea, that is basically what I've been doing myself. The terrain and trees are making life hard. I think 8 channels is all I'm gonna get on it. The terrain makes it hard to pick up anything out of Richmond (if not impossible). All this rain has really slowed my tinker time.
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    Where to start

    Oh yea, I've been through tvfool.com and others, there is NO line of sight, I'm getting 8 good channels now, and started to get CBS out of richmond, but they were just barely there and not watchable.
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    Where to start

    My antenna is mounted on the roof, it's a solid signal xtreme signal hdb91x, it's on a tripod, I need to get up there and nail down the signal, but as of right now, I got 8 channels of unreliable television. Thanks for answering my questions. I guess it would just be easier and make more...
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    Where to start

    Hello all, I'm a COMPLETE FTA satellite newbie. I live in North Garden Virginia. I guess my ultimate goal is to get rid of my paid Dish Network satellite system.... if I can, while not missing my team's NFL games. I started with a OTA tv antenna, but due to my location, I'm not really able...